Sentences with phrase «caries risk»

Studies restricted to Australia and New Zealand describing caries risk management protocols for all age groups, both children and adults

Differences with regard to behaviour characteristics in externalising children with an elevated caries risk were observed.

There are more children with externalising behaviour problems having an elevated caries risk, compared to children in general in the Region of Västra Götaland, Sweden.

Differences were found in behavioural characteristics and the family structure in externalising children with an elevated caries risk, compared to externalising children with a low caries risk.

As in the main study, intermediate and high caries risk was merged into one group; thus, the two outcome values were «Low Risk» or «Elevated Risk».

This study has shown that there were statistically significant more children with an elevated caries risk in the study group, compared to children in general, in the Region of Västra Götaland (RVG), both totally and within gender.

The caries risk clinical assessment is made by child's regular dentist, according to the regional standardised guidelines by the Region of Västra Götaland.

The elevated caries risk among children with externalising behaviour problems can to some extent be explained by their behavioural characteristics.

Data about caries risk assessment were obtained from dental records.

To identify children at risk, data were dichotomised to low and elevated caries risk.

Finally, positive and negative factors are weighed by the R2 system to characterise the caries risk as low, intermediate or high.

Caries risk assessment is defined as the probability of an individual patient to develop caries lesions over a certain period of time.

Information regarding a child's behavioural characteristics can be used by a dentist to modify the caries risk assessment in the software programme R2, and further help clinicians to plan and provide tailored, empirically supported interventions.

The caries risk assessments were made by the examining dentists who were not calibrated specifically for taking part in the present study; however, the R2 risk grouping is self - instructive in the electronic file system.

Another possible explanation for externalising children having an elevated caries risk may be that these children are challenging in their interactions with parents.

In Sweden, all children are assessed for caries risk by their dentist at their regular dental examinations.

All Swedish children are assessed for caries risk at their regular dental recall examinations.

Children in the elevated caries risk group showed higher mean values for conduct problems as well as impulsivity.

Children with externalising behaviour problems and elevated caries risk are characterised by different behavioural characteristics and family structure, compared to externalising children with low caries risk.

From the results of the inductive analysis, it can be concluded that the pattern rules for the caries risk grouping into «Low Risk» and «Elevated Risk» are realistic.

Increased knowledge regarding behavioural characteristics in externalising children is an important parameter and should be considered in the caries risk assessment.

Number of children in the household and the father's ethnicity in the low and elevated caries risk groups, respectively

The elevated caries risk found among disruptive children, who also had non-Nordic father, is in accordance with a previous Swedish study where it was concluded that the parental migration background should be regarded as a caries risk factor (Julihn et al. 2010).

For the Conflict scale, a statistically significant difference was found with a higher mean value in the low caries risk group, compared with the elevated caries risk group for less conflict (9.03 vs. 7.11; p = 0.006)(Table 3), indicating that there were less conflicts in the families with children belonging to the elevated caries risk group.

To compare two groups of children with externalising behaviour problems, having low and elevated caries risk, respectively.

A permissive parental attitude to dietary habits and tooth brushing could explain the elevated caries risk, which is in agreement with findings of a Norwegian study (Skeie et al. 2006).

The verification of the pattern rules evolved in the inductive analysis, using the original data forming the R2 risk groups, and pooling the values for intermediate and high caries risk, indicated that the risk grouping used in the present study was relevant.

Children with externalising problems and an elevated caries risk may share similar temperamental behaviours as children with an ADHD - associated diagnosis, and it could thus be possible to draw parallels with this group of children.

The percentage and number (in brackets) of boys and girls in the low, intermediate and high caries risk groups, and in the elevated caries risk group (combining the intermediate and the high caries risk groups), respectively

Children with an elevated caries risk lived more often in households with more than two children and had more often a father from a non-Nordic country.

Information about caries risk, estimated by the computerised algorithm - based system R2 (Andas and Hakeberg 2014), used by the Public Dental Service in the Region of Västra Götaland (RVG), was obtained from the dental file system.

Aspects of a child's behavioural status may be important parameters to be considered in caries risk assessment, as well as for dental treatment and therapy planning.

Pearson's Chi - square test for categorical variables and t test for continuous variables were used to analyse family structure and to compare means for the low caries risk group to the elevated caries risk group regarding child behavioural characteristics.

The best thing you can do is to see your hygienist and / or dentist for a caries risk assessment and other tips for oral care.

Available without prescription, it is aimed primarily at those with high caries risk.

The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry is slightly more conservative, suggesting that the caries risk to the individual child also be considered: «The AAPD endorses the supplementation of a child's diet with fluoride according to established guidelines1, when fluoride levels in community water supplies are sub - optimal and after consideration of sources of dietary fluoride and the caries risk of the child.»

The aim of the present study was to compare two groups of children with externalising behaviour problems, having low and elevated caries risks, respectively, in relation to behavioural characteristics and family structure and, further, to compare the caries risk assessment and gender differences in relation to children in general in the Region of Västra Götaland (RVG), Sweden.

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Regular consumption of sugar sweetened drinks increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, and dental caries

• While the researchers have referenced WHO guidelines — «10 % energy as added sugars» guideline which is based on a 2003 WHO Report to minimise the risk of dental caries, a recent report by the Institute of Medicine in 2005 recommended no more than 25 % of energy from «added sugars» (based on maintaining nutrient adequacy).

• In relation to dental caries, sugars and cooked starches (eg bread, pasta) are fermentable carbohydrates that can increase the risk of tooth decay in the absence of good oral hygiene.

There is now a large range of non-alcoholic drinks available that do not contain fermentable carbohydrates and do not increase the risk if dental caries.

Sugar - sweetened beverages, particularly soda, provide little nutritional benefit and increase weight gain and probably the risk of diabetes, fractures, and dental caries.

It is also important to understand that parents who are prone to get cavities or have gum disease can also put their infants at risk for caries.

They stated that «Prolonged breastfeeding increases the risk of having dental caries.»

A child attached to a bottle and using it as nighttime comfort (aka the bottle is in bed with him) is at risk for dental caries due to sugars in milk coating those new baby teeth and not getting brushed off.

Based on the belief that breastfeeding increases the risk for infant caries, some researchers and healthcare professionals have recommended that infants be weaned with the eruption of the first deciduous tooth.

The authors called for further research in order to understand the increased risk of caries in children breastfed after 12 months.

Bottle - fed babies «are at increased risk for baby bottle caries, a destructive dental condition which occurs when a baby is put to bed with a bottle containing formula, milk, juice or other fluids high in carbohydrates.

Remember that dental caries may occur at any point and when a tooth falls off, there is a risk of infection.

Once other foods (including formula) are introduced into the baby's diet, the risk of dental caries is the same as that of all children eating adult food and good oral hygiene and dental visits are important to avoid cavities.